Improvement in boots



f will MOSES F. CHANDLER, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Lmm Pawn: No. 83,131, amd lira/rch 2 3, 186e.

IMPROVEMENT 1N Boers.

To ail whom 'it'may concern Be it known that I, MOSES F. CHANDLER, of-Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented Improvements in Boots; and I hereby declare that the following is an accurate description of `the improvements, and reference may be had t the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference thereon, as parts of the specification, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the boot, showing the leg, foot, 85e., and

Figure 2 is a cross-section of same, showing the up-V per, insole,` sole, &c.

The letter A represents the canvas leg;

B, the leather upper;

C, the canvas upper;

I), the canvas insole; and

E, the leather sole.

The improvements sought to be patented herein, are as follows:

` The boot is made of canvas, or an equivalent textile fabric, combined with leather.

The leg of the boot is made of canvas, with suitable linings, when greater warmth is desirable, the canvas extending from the leg over and covering the entire foot, in the same manner as doesthe upper of the foot inthe ordinary leather boot; and said canvas leg, together with the `canvas upper and back of the boot, is made in one or more pieces, or parts, as convenience may require.

The insole is also'made of canvas, either alone or in combination with a thin shaving of leather.

The canvas foot of the boot is covered with leather, and the same is lasted, being combined, together with the canvas, to the insole in the usual way of fastening, and the sole of the boot is sewed or otherwise fastened to the insole, in the usual form and mode of fastening the sole. A

The leather is also sewed or fastened at its upper edges, about the leg of the boot, in the same manner that the leg of the patent-leather boot is sewed or fastened to the patent leather.

The leg of the improved boot has but one seam, and that seam infront.

The advantages which this boot, so constructed, p osg sesses over the leather boot, are these:

.. Canvas is stronger and moredurable than ordi-'L nary calfleather; it ispliable, easily conforms to the shape of the foot, and allows the boot to bend readily; itis impervious to water, or nearly so; itis lighter than leather, and costs much less, both in the alticle and in the construction of the boot.

The leg havingv one seam, is less likely to burst, and the same being 'placed in front, there is less strain in drawing the boot on and ofi'. f v

A canvas boot, of itself, is not artistic, or does' not possess beauty, but constructed with leather, as above described, it has all the beauty of the leather boot, with other advantages.

The canvas leg is cooler in summer, and may be made, by lining with iiannel, 86e., much warmer-than the leather boot-leg. The leg is cleaner, and does not soil the stocking or drawers.

The insole made of canvas is cheaper by two-thirds than a leather insole; it will stand sewing by machine, without cracking,` better .than leather, and a lining is not necessary. The canvas being of great strength, and not liable to crack or stretch, cheap leather may b e used in covering the foot of .the beet.

I may use, also, serge, in manufacturing boots constructed'in this way.

I am aware that boots and shoes have been made of canvas; but covering the entire foot of the canvas boot with leather, in the manner above described, is novel, and the invention is of great practical utility.

What-I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an article of manufaeture,is

A boot, made of canvas, the entire foot of which is covered and-combined with leather, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: M. F. CHANDLER.

WM. F. GARDNER., J. L. NEWTON. 

